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Chapter 2 - 2

Kandar and Kyle walked off in the street, after he informed Kandar to stay down and listen to him for a few minutes. At the road Kyle asked him while smoking, "Leashed or not leashed, there's no difference, at least not in here." Spoken wise, to the younger man who probably lost all his grasps.

Kandar's arms crossed. And his chest heaved from breathing, a cig from Kyle's pack in between his lips. Kandar didn't look at him, and keep walks beside him in the road, he takes a drag from his cig, and blow it slowly, peacefully. As he staring emptily to the road ahead, he responds quietly.

"I bound to kill a man, and I realize. My cash come from killing, I always told myself this." Kandar paused, and looking at the dirty road and the pot across the street. He stopped his walks and looks at Kyle, with serious and tired face. "If I didn't enjoy it, I'm not staying."

Kyle snort upon hearing him, and smirk faintly. Theirs steps continues walking toward the Krill's Barn. Along the ways Kyle's hand slide to his pocket to take out his battered handkerchief, the sun above is hotter than their ex-girlfriends, as Kyle wash off the sweat from his face, he spoke to Kandar.

"Didn't enjoy killing you said? Huh, what's difference between hunting a man and animal? You hunt a deer like breathing." Kandar's lips smirked a bit, he chuckling exasperatedly tired and shook his head slowly while takin a drag of his cig, as he listens Kyle's sarcastic question. They pass the crowded market across them, stall and pall, containers and bucket full of fresh foods.

"Animal are difference, human are complex. Hunting animal didn't give me the same problems like assassinate a man in his room while snoring." Said Kandar gently while blowing a smoke peacefully. The wind drags theirs smokes behind as they keep walking toward their end. But Kyle hadn't his fill teasing Kandar, he goes respond to Kandar's responds with a smirk and his tone was bit of mockery, poking fun at him.

"Sound double standards to me mate, if they feel pain, therefore; we are the same, aren't we?" Kandar heard him, he heard Kyle's chuckle and he failed miserably to hide his idiot grin. Kandar grin back while he rubbing his forehead and chuckling.

"Double standards? No, it's not, its complex." Kandar's respond to Kyle's teases. The tease back and forth, teasing along the ways, and ended by:

Kyle Romphet: "Human are arrogant mate, they dictate the norms and rules for themselves. Others left behind, take a look over our government, their laws and rules over the decades does not benefit two sides. Example… absolute power led to absolute corruption, those men in suit and job in the council was already powerful, as they apply and sign more order. We the poor bastards in poor town became poor and poorer by each year, we pay taxes and they eat it all. No reasoning to pay taxes here, we are the deer meat and they eat happily."

 

Kandar Corvus and Kyle Romphet walked off for over 12 minutes, and 8 minutes wasting their time in small stall. As they keep walking toward Krill's Barn, the dirty road and some pool in them, dense and shallow. Grass at the side was overgrown, unmaintained by the poor services. The clouds hiding the sun, giving them a cooler breeze and less heat.

Kyle was holding a branch, nor of a stick that he found while in the ways to the barn. He holds it like if he was holding a sword, matter-of-fact, that stick look like a damn sword. Meanwhile Kandar who walk beside him, wearing Kyle's hat and looking at his snack. The small brown meat, who's look like a candy, none in the Nine Realms had ever thinks to coat the goddamn meat with a sugar, and called it meaty candy.

Kyle's right hand swung the stick to the left and right, while his left hand tucked inside his trouser' pocket. Kyle spoke to him without looking at him, and more focus onto swinging his sword-like stick. "0.60 for that? I rather spent it on bad beverages."

"Shut up, this one look promising, and he said it was beef." Kandar said without much of emotions. Then, Kyle smack Kandar's backhand with his stick, and flung the meaty candy upward to the air. Kandar step forward to catch his snack. After snatching it right he immediately tackles Kyle's feet who's been walking in front of him. Kyle stumbles forward and almost hit the ground.

"Shit!" Kyle groan with high tone, and Kandar laugh at him who stumbling forward. Both men paused in their ways, and Krill's Barn quite visible from there. He adjusts his vest and collar, while Kandar chewing his snack and smirking stupidly.

He still holding that sword-like stick, and looking at Kandar, then he smacks his knee with the stick. Kandar groan in pain rubbing his knee, and he immediately bursting up with anger tone, "Square up!" Kyle however just grin at him, while swinging his stick in front of Kandar. And when a man who carrying a sack of grass on his shoulder passing them two, Kyle and Kandar bowed their head back to the man.

"The man who sell that stupid snack need to get castrated asap." Kyle said with his stupidly nonchalant tones, to enhance the jokes. Kandar's arms clutching his stomach and laughing mad, the road was empty and the wind breeze was relaxing since the sun was hiding behind the thick clouds. Kyle and Kandar continues their walks toward Krill's Barn while laughing their ass off to the stupid jokes Kyle made.

 

Kyle and Kandar made to their end's areas, the fields around the barn were a damn mess. The wooden fence, once sturdy, was now splintered and sagging, like it had been through one too many encounters with the elements, and some hungry pests. A few broken boards dangled from rusted nails, letting the wind carry the scent of what had been happened last night. The wolves always came, creeping in from the woods when the night was dark enough, leaving destruction in their wake.

The grass was thick, uneven, a mix of dry patches and overgrown weeds. The ground squelched beneath their boots. Cattle droppings scattered here and there, some fresh, others dried and cracked in the sun, their unpleasant odor lingering in the air, no matter how much the wind tried to push it away.

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